The Catterline Bike Ride

Supported by CycleWorld Stonehaven

Saturday 25th September 2010

This is the 11th anniversary of The Catterline Bike Ride, a not-for profit, non-competitive event organised by the villagers which aims to raise money each year for a charity chosen by the villagers.

This year, entry fees and donations will be given to Parkinson’s UK.

• Choice of routes: 35 or 50 miles plus a family-friendly option.
• Advanced Entry Required: £10 Adults, Children under 16 Free.
• Grand Départ: Catterline School.
• 10:30 or 11.30am for the 35 mile route,
• 9:30, 10.30 or 11.30am for the 50 mile route.
• Finish: The Creel Inn @ 2.30pm for free soup and prize giving.
• Spot prizes provided by Cycleworld Stonehaven.
• Free fridge magnet for every participant!

For entries, further information or to offer your services as part of the support crew, please contact Kate on tel.01569 766766 or preferably by e-mail.

Jane Birrell, Cath Roberts, Pauline Murray, Trina Stark and Lorna Lorimer, warmly invite you to the NEOS 2010 Exhibition of mixed media paintings at:

The Old Rectory Studio,

Catterline,

Stonehaven,

AB39 2UN

North East Open Studios runs across Aberdeenshire for 9 days and allows the public the unique opportunity to explore the wealth of creativity and talent that this area has to offer. 

Official NEOS yellow signs indicate the location of the venues.

The opening times for The Old Rectory Studio are as follows: Sat and Sun both weekends, 10hr - 18hr, Mon- Fri, 10hr -19hr. We hope to have Cath Roberts working in the studio during the week.

Preview 2-5pm Saturday Sept 11th, but don't worry if you miss it as the exhibition continues until September the 19th. 

Fishstock

Second Annual Catterline International Open Fishing Contest

** Postponed until 5th September **

Actual competitors may be less attractive. Fish may be smaller too.

Prizes for:

• most interesting fish
• best batch of fish landed early (within 2 hrs)
• heaviest individual fish
• most vibrant selection of species
• the Jayne Mansfield award

Kids’ games (at 4pm); fishy barbecue with hot smoked mackerel & champagne on the beach to follow

Fishing 1.00 - 5.00pm; prizes, food & drink from 5.30pm

Fee for participation: 1 bottle of Champagne, Prosecco or similar per two competitors.

Competitor sign up in The Creel.

"Creelstock" , held at the Creel Inn earlier this month, raised £2,051.48, which is to be split between Ochre and Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Organiser Keith Macrae said "I would like to thank all the musicians, everyone who helped with the set up and the sound etc and everyone who attended and contributed to the two charities. A special mention should go to Robert Lindsay and the staff at the Creel."

"It was a grand day!"

Pictures of the day, courtesy of Bridget Steed, can be found here. 

The Catterline Coastal Rowing Club took delivery of the kit to build the St Ayles Skiff last week.

The kit, which currently looks more like something you'd get from IKEA than anything recognisably boat shaped, was collected by Rob Plummer and Peter Hales last Friday.

Rob is shown (left) inspecting the mould cutouts prior to loading it onto his improbably small trailer. More pictures of this momentous occasion can be found here.